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Don Markstein's Toonopedia (subtitled A Vast Repository of Toonological Knowledge) is a web encyclopedia of print cartoons, comic strips and animation, initiated February 13, 2001. Donald D. Markstein, the sole writer and editor of Toonopedia, termed it "the world's first hypertext encyclopedia of toons" and stated, "The basic idea is to cover the entire spectrum of American cartoonery." Markstein began the project during 1999 with several earlier titles: He changed Don's Cartoon Encyberpedia (1999) to Don Markstein's Cartoonopedia (2000) after learning the word "Encyberpedia" had been trademarked. During 2001, he settled on his final title, noting, "Decided (after thinking about it for several weeks) to change the name of the site to Don Markstein's Toonopedia, rather than Cartoonopedia. Better rhythm in the name, plus 'toon' is probably a more apt word, in modern parlance, than "cartoon", for what I'm doing.〔(About the Author: Don Markstein ) at Don Markstein's Toonopedia. (Archived ) October 25, 2011.〕 Although structured as an internet encyclopedia the site is not a wiki nor is it published under a license allowing reuse.〔(TERMS REGARDING UNAUTHORIZED USE )〕 ==Comic strips== Toonopedia author Don Markstein (March 21, 1947 – March 10, 2012) was fascinated with all forms of cartoon art since his childhood. During 1981, Markstein and his wife, GiGi Dane, founded ''Apatoons'', an amateur press association devoted to animation. He edited ''Comics Revue'', a monthly anthology of newspaper comics, from 1984 to 1987, and 1992 to 1996.〔 A writer for Walt Disney Comics, Markstein based Toonopedia on American and other English language cartoons with the goal of developing the largest online resource concerning American cartoons. Toonopedia accumulated over 1,800 articles since its launch on February 13, 2001. During 2002, Charles Bowen reviewing the site for ''Editor & Publisher'', said, After attending Louisiana State University in Baton Rouge, Louisiana, he joined the staff of the ''New Orleans Times-Picayune'' newspaper, writing feature stories for the Sunday magazine section. His freelance credits include weekly restaurant reviews for the ''Phoenix Business Journal'', semi-annual previews of comic book publishing projects, science fiction convention program books, scripts for relaxation tapes and computer manuals. His comic book scripts are mainly for licensed characters, including Donald Duck, Mickey Mouse, Mighty Morphin Power Rangers, Tiny Toon Adventures and Eek! the Cat.〔 ''Graphic Novel Review for Libraries'' was Markstein's periodical guide for librarians. For each 20-page issue of the monthly magazine, he reviewed 25-30 graphic novels.〔Donald D. Markstein resume〕 He provided editing, design and production for numerous publications, including ''Arizona Living'', ''Arizona Women's Voice'', ''Comics Interview'', ''Comics Revue'', ''Phoenix'', ''Phoenix Resource'', ''Louisiana Weekly Employer'', ''Scottsdale'' and ''Sun Tennis''.〔 During February 2011, Markstein suffered a stroke and became a patient in the Life Care Center in Phoenix, Arizona.〔(【引用サイトリンク】url=http://digitalcomicmuseum.com/forum/index.php?topic=2758.0 )〕 The site was no longer updated after February 10, 2011, with the last new article being on the short lived Fox animated series ''Mad Jack the Pirate''. During mid-October 2011, the Toonopedia website was eliminated, but it was reinstated on October 20. Markstein died of respiratory failure in March 2012.〔 In 2012, Markstein's family announced plans to continue updating Toonopedia through new articles written by fans, though the site hasn't been visibly updated to include new articles since then.〔(【引用サイトリンク】url=http://www.comicscube.com/2012/01/write-your-own-toonopedia-article.html )〕 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Don Markstein's Toonopedia」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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